Michelin adds 11 Los Angeles listings

Michelin added 11 Los Angeles restaurants to its California guide in its May 2026 round of new additions, putting them into the guide before this year’s California awards are announced. The Michelin Guide said new restaurants are added to the selection twice a year and marked with a “New” symbol on its site and app. Michelin also said its Stars and Bib Gourmands for California will be revealed at the annual ceremony on June 24. That means the Los Angeles additions are now in Michelin’s official selection, but they have not been awarded stars or Bib Gourmand status. Time Out, which first highlighted the Los Angeles list this week, described the move as an “entry-level” designation based on Michelin inspectors having visited the restaurants and decided they were worth flagging. (guide.michelin.com) ### Which Los Angeles restaurants were added this time? The 11 Los Angeles additions are ALTO, Casa Leo, Electric Bleu, Good Alley, KOJIMA, Lielle, Lynx, Miura, The Mulberry, Sonoratown and SORA Craft Kitchen, according to Time Out’s roundup of Michelin’s update. Michelin’s California new-additions page and Los Angeles listings page show several of those restaurants already carrying the “New” marker in the guide. (timeout.com) Michelin’s own descriptions give a sense of what inspectors saw. The guide describes ALTO as a live-fire restaurant in Studio City from chefs Juana Castellanos Lagemann and Esteban Klenzi, Casa Leo as chef-owner Joshua Whigham’s Spanish-inspired restaurant, Electric Bleu as chef-owner Craig Hopson’s French bistro in Mar Vista, KOJIMA as an eight-seat Sawtelle sushi counter from chef Hayato Kojima, Lielle as chef Marcus Jernmark’s tasting-menu restaurant, Lynx as Joshua Skenes’s pizza-focused spot, and Miura as a Beverly Hills omakase restaurant led by chef Derek Wilcox. (timeout.com) ### What does “added to the guide” actually mean here? Michelin says these establishments are part of the selection and appear on its website and mobile app, but the distinctions come later. On its California update page, Michelin states that Stars and Bib Gourmands will be revealed at the annual ceremony on June 24. Time Out made the same distinction in plainer language: inspectors have visited the restaurants and judged them worth telling readers about, but they did not receive Michelin stars in this update. (guide.michelin.com) That is the practical difference between being newly listed and being formally awarded. ### Is this the first Michelin update for Los Angeles this year? (guide.michelin.com) March 25 was the date of Michelin’s earlier California 2026 update, which added another batch of restaurants before the awards ceremony. Time Out reported that six Los Angeles restaurants were added in that earlier round: Firstborn, Lapaba, Corridor 109, Little Fish Melrose Hill, Lugya’h and Zira Uzbek Kitchen. Michelin’s “new restaurants” page for Los Angeles shows those six as the city’s earlier “New” entries. (timeout.com) The May additions therefore build on an already expanding Los Angeles selection rather than replacing it. Michelin’s Los Angeles restaurant directory now shows multiple restaurants tagged “New,” including Lynx, Sonoratown and SORA Craft Kitchen from the latest wave. ### Where should readers watch for the next Michelin decision? June 24, 2026 is the next date that matters. (timeout.com) Michelin says that is when California Stars and Bib Gourmands will be announced at its annual ceremony, ending the interim period in which restaurants can be added to the guide without receiving a distinction. For now, the clearest public tracker is Michelin’s California and Los Angeles guide pages, where newly added restaurants are labeled “New” ahead of the ceremony. (guide.michelin.com 1) (guide.michelin.com 2)